However, there are families across the North East who are still waiting for their loved ones to return home. Here are another 11 people who have been missing long-term from the North East, as families and loved ones wait for them to return home. Mr Gamblin, who was 37 when he went missing, suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome and occasionally had blackouts. He was seen leaving his hotel on September 3, the day he was due to return to Darlington. She was 56 at the time she went missing.